Ensilage distributor



May 12, 19.3.5 H. A. TEISBERG y' 2,040,506

ENSILAGE DISTRIBUTOR Filed Feb. 6, 1935 Patented May 12, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention appertains to means for uniformly distributing material into a bin or the like, and more particularly to an attachment especially adapted for connection with the de- .i livery pipe, or spout, of an ensilage elevator for distributing the ensilage uniformly in a silo without effort on the part of the operator.

One of the primary objects of my invention is to provide a freely rotatable member carried by the delivery spout, or pipe, and having a vane, or pitched blade, disposed in the path of the material flowing from the spout, whereby the material will impinge against said member to cause the rotation thereof, and consequently the uniform distribution of the material into the bin,

or silo.

Another salient object of my invention is the provision of a depending frame carried by the delivery spout and supporting the rotatable member below the delivery spout, means being provided for adjusting the rotatable member within certain limits, so as to suit the Varying conditions of the ensilage thrown against the same.

A further object of my invention is to provide a novel distributor for ensilage elevators, or blowers, of the above character, which will be durable and efcient in use, one that will be simple and easy to manufacture, and one which can be placed upon the market and incorporated with a delivery spout at a low cost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and formation of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which drawing:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved distributing device, showing the same attached to the outlet end of a pipe, or spout, parts of the View being shown broken away and in section to illustrate structural details.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, showing the rotatable member in top plan.

Figure 3 is a detail vertical section through the rotatable member, taken on the line 3--3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of a modified form of my distributing device.

Figure 5 is a horizontal section taken through the modied form substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary side elevation of a (Cl. SO2- 60) further form of my invention embodying a rotatable wheel.

Figure '7 is a top plan view of the wheel.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter A generally indicates my improved distributor attachment, and S a delivery spout, which, in the present instance, may be consid# ered as the ldelivery end of an ensilage elevator', or blower pipe.

My improved attachment A comprises a centrally disposed bearing I0, which has securely bolted thereto or formed thereon the laterally extending ;arms II and I2, which in turn support the vertically extending arms I3 and I4. The bearing I9 is adapted to be located below and axially alined with the delivery end of the spout S, and hence the arms I3 and I4 carry attaching feet I5, which are rigidly connected to the spout by means of a two-part clamping member I6.

The clamping member I6 embodies semi-cylindrical companion parts having clamping ears II on the ends thereof, which are placed on opposite sides of the legs, or feet, I5. Suitable bolts I8 extend through the attaching lugs Il and the legs, or feet, I5.

Rotatably mounted within the bearing I0 is a vertically disposed, centr-ally located shaft 'I9, and the lower end of the shaft may rest against a thrust bearing carried by an adjustable cap 2|. A crosspin 22 may also be carried by the shaft I9 for engaging against the top or the bearing I0 and the inner face of a top cap 23 adjustably mounted on the upper end of the bearing.

The shaft I9 supports the rotatable member 24, which forms one of the salient features of my invention, and by referring to Figures 1, 2, and 3, it Will be noted that the rotatable member includes an arcuate bottom wall and a side vane, or blade, 26. This side blade, or vane, 26 is pitched or curves toward the lower end of the bottom wall 25, as at 21.

The rotatable member 24 can be supported in any preferred manner from the top of the shaft I9, but in the present instance I have shown the bottom of the lower wall 25 provided with a `shank 28 terminating in a ball head 29. This ball head is received within an adjustable socket member 30 threaded on the shaft I9. Obviously, the socket member 30 can be raised and lowered within certain limits on the shaft I9, and the rotatable member itself can be tilted on the socket member by means of the ball 29.

In use of this form of my invention, the material discharged from the spout, or pipe, S will impinge against the lower arcuate wall and the blade, or vane, 26, causing the rotatable member to turn with the shaft I9. Obviously, as the rotatable member 24 turns, the material will flow oif the bottom wall 25 to all points around the shaft I8, and thus effectively distribute the material uniformly in the bin, or silo.

Particular attention is invited to the fact that no mechanical means is utilized for rotating the member 24, and that the member, o-r distributor, 24 is rotated itself by the material impinging against the same as the same leaves the spout S.

Obviously, my invention is open to certain modifications, and, if preferred, I can rotatably mount an elbow 3| on the lower end of the discharge pipe, or spout, S as shown in Figures 4 and 5. This elbow can be supported by means of a shaft 32, which can be rotatably mounted in Va bearing similar to the bearing I0.

The outer end of the elbow 3| carries a discharge nozzle 33, which includes a dished bottom wall 34 and a dished arcuate side wall 35. As the material ows from the spout S through the elbow 3`I, the same will strike against the dished, or curved, wall 35, causing the elbow to rotate, thus permitting the material to be uniformly distributed.

In Figures 6 and 7, I have shown a still further modied form of my invention, and in this form I provide a rotatable wheel 36 having a shaft 31, which can be rotatably supported by a bearing similar to the bearing l0. This wheel 36 is located directly below the spout VS, and the top face of the wheel itself is of a conical shape and carries a plurality of pitched vanes, or blades, 38, which radiate from the axial center of the wheel.

The material flowing from the vspout S will strike the conical face of the wheel and will impinge against the blades 38 and cause the rotation 4of the wheel for throwing the material around in a wide area in the bin, or silo.

Other changes may be made without departing from the spirit or the scope of my invention, but what I claim as new is:-

l. The combination with the discharge end of an elevator pipe, including a bracket secured to and depending from said pipe, a rotatable shaft carried by the bracket and axially disposed relative to the pipe, a rotatable member connected with the shaft and located below the pipe including an arcuate lowerV wall and a pitched blade, and means fo-r changing the inclination of the rotatable member on the shaft.

2. The combination with the discharge end of an elevator pipe, of a distributor associated there with including a bracket secured to and depending from said pipe, a rotatable shaft carried by4 the bracket and axially disposed relative to the pipe, an adjustable socketcarried by therupper` end of the shaft, and a member rotatable with the shaft and located below the pipe having an arcuate bottom wall and a pitched blade, said member also having a ball tted in said socket whereby said member can be shifted angularly on the shaft.

HENRY A. 'IEISBERGL 

